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4.4.1.658 4.4.1.427 Value Set ValueSet http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/performer-function

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This is a value set defined at http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/orders/index.cfm . Summary Committee:
Official URL : Title: http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/performer-function Definition: The types of involvement of the performer in the Event. Version : 6.0.0-ballot3
draft as of 2025-11-27 ?? OID: Computable Name : PerformerFunctionCodes (for OID based terminology systems)
Source Resource Flags : XML / JSON OID : 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.3012

This value set is used in the following places:

The types of involvement of the performer in the Event.


Generated Narrative: ValueSet performer-function This value set includes codes from the following code systems:

Last updated: 2025-11-27T16:48:47.349Z

  • Include these codes as defined in http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ParticipationType icon version 📦5.0.0
    Code Display Definition
    TRANS icon Transcriber An entity entering the data into the originating system. The data entry entity is collected optionally for internal quality control purposes. This includes the transcriptionist for dictated text transcribed into electronic form.
    PART icon Participation Indicates that the target of the participation is involved in some manner in the act, but does not qualify how.
    ATND icon attender The practitioner that has responsibility for overseeing a patient's care during a patient encounter.
    CON icon consultant An advisor participating in the service by performing evaluations and making recommendations.
    AUT icon author (originator) Definition: **Definition:** A party that originates the Act and therefore has responsibility for the information given in the Act and ownership of this Act.
    Example:
    **Example:** the report writer, the person writing the act definition, the guideline author, the placer of an order, the EKG cart (device) creating a report etc. Every Act should have an author. Authorship is regardless of mood always actual authorship.

    Examples of such policies might include:

    * The author and anyone they explicitly delegate may update the report;
    * All administrators within the same clinic may cancel and reschedule appointments created by other administrators within that clinic;

    A party that is neither an author nor a party who is extended authorship maintenance rights by policy, may only amend, reverse, override, replace, or follow up in other ways on this Act, whereby the Act remains intact and is linked to another Act authored by that other party.
    INF icon informant A source of reported information (e.g., a next of kin who answers questions about the patient's history). For history questions, the patient is logically an informant, yet the informant of history questions is implicitly the subject.
    ENT icon data entry person A person entering the data into the originating system. The data entry person is collected optionally for internal quality control purposes. This includes the transcriptionist for dictated text.
    WIT icon witness Only with service events. A person witnessing the action happening without doing anything. A witness is not necessarily aware, much less approves of anything stated in the service event. Example for a witness is students watching an operation or an advanced directive witness.
    PPRF icon primary performer The principal or primary performer of the act.
    SPRF icon secondary performer A person assisting in an act through his substantial presence and involvement This includes: assistants, technicians, associates, or whatever the job titles may be.
    RESP icon responsible party The person or organization that has primary responsibility for the act. The responsible party is not necessarily present in an action, but is accountable for the action through the power to delegate, and the duty to review actions with the performing actor after the fact. This responsibility may be ethical, legal, contractual, fiscal, or fiduciary in nature.
    Example:
    *Example:* A person who is the head of a biochemical laboratory; a sponsor for a policy or government program.
    VRF icon verifier A person who verifies the correctness and appropriateness of the service (plan, order, event, etc.) and hence takes on accountability.
    AUTHEN icon authenticator A verifier who attests to the accuracy of an act, but who does not have privileges to legally authenticate the act. An example would be a resident physician who sees a patient and dictates a note, then later signs it. Their signature constitutes an authentication.
    LA icon legal authenticator A verifier who legally authenticates the accuracy of an act. An example would be a staff physician who sees a patient and dictates a note, then later signs it. Their signature constitutes a legal authentication.

 

This expansion generated 27 Nov 2025


ValueSet

Expansion performed internally based on codesystem ParticipationType v5.0.0 (CodeSystem) icon

This value set contains 14 concepts

System Code Display Definition
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ParticipationType    TRANS icon Transcriber

An entity entering the data into the originating system. The data entry entity is collected optionally for internal quality control purposes. This includes the transcriptionist for dictated text transcribed into electronic form.

http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ParticipationType    PART icon Participation

Indicates that the target of the participation is involved in some manner in the act, but does not qualify how.

http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ParticipationType    ATND icon attender

The practitioner that has responsibility for overseeing a patient's care during a patient encounter.

http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ParticipationType    CON icon consultant

An advisor participating in the service by performing evaluations and making recommendations.

http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ParticipationType    AUT icon author (originator)

Definition: A party that originates the Act and therefore has responsibility for the information given in the Act and ownership of this Act.

Example: the report writer, the person writing the act definition, the guideline author, the placer of an order, the EKG cart (device) creating a report etc. Every Act should have an author. Authorship is regardless of mood always actual authorship.

Examples of such policies might include:

  • The author and anyone they explicitly delegate may update the report;
  • All administrators within the same clinic may cancel and reschedule appointments created by other administrators within that clinic;

A party that is neither an author nor a party who is extended authorship maintenance rights by policy, may only amend, reverse, override, replace, or follow up in other ways on this Act, whereby the Act remains intact and is linked to another Act authored by that other party.

http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ParticipationType    INF icon informant

A source of reported information (e.g., a next of kin who answers questions about the patient's history). For history questions, the patient is logically an informant, yet the informant of history questions is implicitly the subject.

http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ParticipationType    ENT icon data entry person

A person entering the data into the originating system. The data entry person is collected optionally for internal quality control purposes. This includes the transcriptionist for dictated text.

http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ParticipationType    WIT icon witness

Only with service events. A person witnessing the action happening without doing anything. A witness is not necessarily aware, much less approves of anything stated in the service event. Example for a witness is students watching an operation or an advanced directive witness.

http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ParticipationType    PPRF icon primary performer

The principal or primary performer of the act.

http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ParticipationType    SPRF icon secondary performer

A person assisting in an act through his substantial presence and involvement This includes: assistants, technicians, associates, or whatever the job titles may be.

http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ParticipationType    RESP icon responsible party

The person or organization that has primary responsibility for the act. The responsible party is not necessarily present in an action, but is accountable for the action through the power to delegate, and the duty to review actions with the performing actor after the fact. This responsibility may be ethical, legal, contractual, fiscal, or fiduciary in nature.

Example: A person who is the head of a biochemical laboratory; a sponsor for a policy or government program.

http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ParticipationType    VRF icon verifier

A person who verifies the correctness and appropriateness of the service (plan, order, event, etc.) and hence takes on accountability.

http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ParticipationType    AUTHEN icon authenticator

A verifier who attests to the accuracy of an act, but who does not have privileges to legally authenticate the act. An example would be a resident physician who sees a patient and dictates a note, then later signs it. Their signature constitutes an authentication.

http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ParticipationType    LA icon legal authenticator

A verifier who legally authenticates the accuracy of an act. An example would be a staff physician who sees a patient and dictates a note, then later signs it. Their signature constitutes a legal authentication.

 

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Lvl A few code lists that FHIR defines are hierarchical - each code is assigned a level. For value sets, levels are mostly used to organize codes for user convenience, but may follow code system hierarchy - see Code System for further information
Source The source of the definition of the code (when the value set draws in codes defined elsewhere)
Code The code (used as the code in the resource instance). If the code is in italics, this indicates that the code is not selectable ('Abstract')
Display The display (used in the display element of a Coding ). If there is no display, implementers should not simply display the code, but map the concept into their application
Definition An explanation of the meaning of the concept
Comments Additional notes about how to use the code